Daniel Antopolsky
BornAugusta, Georgia, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Websitedanielantopolsky.com

Daniel Antopolsky is an American singer-songwriter. He is associated with the outlaw country movement,[1] and describes his music as being influenced by country, blues, rock & roll, gospel, and synagog harmonies.[2][3]

Career

In 1972, Antopolsky met Townes Van Zandt in a coffee shop in Athens, Georgia and they became friends. They toured together for several months in Antopolsky's Ford van and visited Guy Clark, going to Nashville, Colorado and Texas. At 24 years old, Antopolsky saved Van Zandt's life by performing CPR after Van Zandt had overdosed on heroin.[4][5] The two of them were alone together when Van Zandt wrote Pancho and Lefty and Antopolsky wrote Sweet Lovin' Music.[6][7]

In 2015, Antopolsky released his debut album, Sweet Lovin' Music, which was produced by Gary Gold and John Capek.[8] He then performed at South by Southwest in 2016.[9] In 2018 he performed at Bush Hall, and in 2019 performed at the Black Deer Festival.[10][11]

A documentary about Antopolsky's life premiered as a rough cut at Nashville Film Festival in 2019, called "Sheriff of Mars", directed by Jason Ressler and Matthew Woolf.[12][13][14]

Discography

  • Sweet Lovin' Music (2015)
  • Acoustic Outlaw, Vol. 1 (2016)
  • Acoustic Outlaw, Vol. 2 (2016)
  • Old Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy, Flower Child Songs from the Cosmos... Wow!(Unheard Songs of the Early 1970s, Pt. 1) (2017)
  • Old Timey, Soulful, Hippy-Dippy, Flower Child Songs from the Cosmos... Wow!(Unheard Songs of the Early 1970s, Pt. 2) (2022)

References

  1. 1 2 Hann, Michael (April 30, 2018). "Daniel Antopolsky: the drifter who swapped country music for chickens". The Guardian. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ↑ "How Jewish American Country Music Genius Daniel Antopolsky Wound Up Farming Chickens in France". Tablet Magazine. November 26, 2014.
  3. ↑ Rhodes, Don. "Ramblin' Rhodes: Musician finding new fame without forgetting roots". The Augusta Chronicle.
  4. ↑ Atten, Suzanne Van (November 21, 2017). "How an Unknown Songwriter Once Saved Townes Van Zandt's Life". Rolling Stone.
  5. ↑ Atten, Suzanne Van. "Georgia-born musician Daniel Antopolsky is ready for the spotlight". specials.myajc.com.
  6. ↑ "Daniel Antopolsky: the drifter who swapped country music for chickens". the Guardian. April 30, 2018.
  7. ↑ "How Billy Graham closed down Dallas and co-wrote Townes Van Zandt's 'Pancho and Lefty'". Dallas News. February 22, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Daniel Antopolsky: The missing man of country". October 17, 2017 – via www.bbc.com.
  9. ↑ "SXSW 2016 in Words and Pictures". Saving Country Music. March 20, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Antopolsky".
  11. ↑ "Pancho's Lefty: Townes Van Zandt, and the Story of Daniel Antopolsky". Saving Country Music. July 20, 2015.
  12. ↑ Weich, Ben (April 19, 2018). "A musical outlaw finds his voice on the farm". The Jewish Chronicle. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022.
  13. ↑ Herman, Deb. "'Sheriff of Mars' tells story of Daniel Antopolsky". jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com.
  14. ↑ "FILM REVIEW: The Sheriff of Mars". HollywoodGlee. October 7, 2019.
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